Well I’m glad my first triathlon is behind me and I got past that fear of all the unknowns that come with trying something new, but I can definitely say it didn’t go quite as well as I had planned.

I’m working on my recap now, but let’s just say my #1 takeaway that I’d pass on to anyone training for their first triathlon (which I read A MILLION TIMES on other people’s blogs and in training books, but of course did not do…) is DO AN OPEN WATER SWIM BEFORE RACE DAY!

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Congrats on finishing! Hey, you made it through the swim, didn’t you? But yes, training in open water makes a big difference. I was JUST telling that to someone who is doing their first tri and is very nervous about the swim. It’s all a learning process, right? ALL of my tris are!

Yeah, I kind of had the same problem which is why I never did one. I’ll be writing a lot about my issues with the swim in the actual recap, so maybe you’ll find that you’ll be ok without a test swim once I explain the issues I had…